Replays: Ukraine Mine Action Conference UMAC2024

Detailled UMAC2024 programme (PDF, 12 Pages, 578.2 kB, English)

Opening Plenary

• Viola Amherd, President of the Swiss Confederation
• Denys Shmyhal, Prime Minister of Ukraine
• Giles Duley, CEO of the Legacy of War Foundation, photographer and United Nations Global Advocate for persons with disabilities in conflict and peacebuilding situations
• Musical interludes performed by Yuliia Shevchenko, Liga Liedskalnina and Davide Dipilato

Plenary Panel

Strategic approach to Mine Action: global experience and Ukraine’s perspective

Moderation: Tobias Privitelli, Ambassador, Director of the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)

• Yulia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine
• Gordan Grlić Radman, PhD, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia
• Dr. Ly Thuch, Senior Minister and Vice-President of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority, President of the Fifth Review Conference of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
• Stanley L. Brown, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, United States Department of State

Panel 1 – on People

Ensuring Safety and Protection of Civilians through Humanitarian Demining

Moderation: Dr. Melita Gabrič, State Secretary for multilateral affairs, economic diplomacy and development cooperation, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia

• Catherine Fearon, Officer-in-Charge/Secretary General and Director of the Conflict Prevention Centre of the OSCE
• Johan Berggren, State Secretary to the Minister for Civil Defence, Sweden
• Munir Mammadzade, Founder of Superhumans Center 
• Andrey Stavnitser, Founder of Superhumans Center

Panel 2 – on Partners

The Importance of Partnerships and Exchange of Know-How

Moderation: Elmedin Konaković, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Haoliang Xu, UN Under-Secretary-General and UNDP Associate Administrator
• Peter M. Wagner, State Secretary, European Commission’s Head of the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
• Bogdan Drapiatyi, Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs of Ukraine 
• Birgitte Nygaard Markussen, Director for Humanitarian Affairs at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
• Mark Glauser, Director General, Peace and Security Programs, Global Affairs Canada

Panel 3 – on Progress

Innovative Financial Mechanisms – Ensuring a sustainable future for Mine Action

Moderation: Eivind Vad Petersson, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway

• Ihor Bezkaravainyi, Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine
• Nathalie Olijslager, Director for Stabilisation and Humanitarian Aid, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of The Netherlands
• Greg Houston, Director of Demining and Migration at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom
• Eila Kreivi, Member of the Board of Directors of International Finance Facility for Immunisation IFFIm

Plenary on People. Partners. Progress.

Reporting back – moderators of the parallel panels report back to the plenary

• Dr. Melita Gabrič, State Secretary for multilateral affairs, economic diplomacy and development cooperation, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia
• Haoliang Xu, UN Under-Secretary-General and UNDP Associate Administrator
• Eivind Vad Petersson, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Norway

Panel on People. Partner. Progress. – Part. 1

Focusing on the people behind the pillars People and Progress

Moderation: Patricia Danzi, Ambassador, Director General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA

• Nadiia Kudriavtseva, EOD Team member of the Fondation suisse de déminage FSD in Chernihiv, Ukraine
• Prof. Farhad Rachidi, Head of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL)

Panel on People. Partners. Progress. – Part. 2 

Focusing on the people behind the pillar Partners

Moderation: Patricia Danzi, Ambassador, Director General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA

• Yulia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine
• Howard G. Buffett, Chairman and CEO of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation

Closing Plenary

Concluding the first day of UMAC2024 and presenting the Lausanne Call for Action

• Ignazio Cassis, Federal Councillor and Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA
• Yulia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine
• Gordan Grlić Radman, PhD, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia
• Yoshifumi Tsuge, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan

Replays: Friday 18.10.2024

Opening Plenary

Keynote speech by Alexandre Fasel, State Secretary, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA

Plenary Panel

Moderation: Rory Logan, Head of Strategies, Performance and Impact GICHD

• Ihor Bezkaravainyi, Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine
• Col. Ruslan Berehulia, Head of the Main Department for Mine Action, Civil Protection, and Environmental Safety, Head of the Secretariat of the National Mine Action Authority of Ukraine, Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
• Richard Ragan, Country Director in Ukraine, World Food Programme (WFP)
• Hélène Kuperman-Le-Bihan, Head of Mines Advisory Group Europe
• Tymur Pistriuha, Head Ukrainian Deminers Association

Panel 4 – on People

Restoration of Agriculture and Environment: Tackling Mine Contamination Impacts

Moderation: Dominique Burgeon, Director FAO Liaison Geneva

• Sergii Vlasenko, Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformations and Digitalization
• Margot Wallström, Co-Chair of the High-Level Working Group on the Environmental Consequences of War, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden
• Marta Trofimova, Head of Sustainability, Kernel
• Aksel Steen-Nilsen, Director Mine Action and Disarmament, Norwegian People’s Aid

Panel 5 – on Partners

Blending Public and Private Partnership Mechanisms in Mine Action

Moderation: Tomaž Lovrenčič, Ambassador, Director ITF Enhancing Human Security

• Eri Komukai, Senior Advisor, Japan International Cooperation Agency
• Dr. Christoph Sänger, Head of Competitiveness, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
• Volodymyr Bayda, Director of the Center for Humanitarian Demining, Ukraine
• Rizak Mykhailo, Director of Government Relations, Nibulon

Panel 6 – on Progress

Risk Management: Developing Standards, Tools, and Methods to Meet Current and Future Demands

Moderation: Ilene Cohn, Director UN Mine Action Service UNMAS

• Naomi Konza, Project Manager, UN Development Programme
• Davor Laura, Head of Operations, Croatian Mine Action Center, Ministry of Interior of Croatia  
• Roman Prymush, Deputy Head of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitalisation
• Tom Griffiths, Head of Region – Latin America, The HALO Trust 
• Borys Drozhak, Co-founder of Rovertech

Reporting Back from parallel panels 

Closing Plenary

Closing remarks by

• Iryna Venediktova, Ambassador of Ukraine to the Swiss Confederation
• Tim Enderlin, Ambassador, Head of Peace and Human Rights Division Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA, Switzerland